They need positive cashflow to help them build/maintain reserves for the downtimes.

I plan to pace myself at around 1 property per week (still assuming some bulk purchases and some down times), for a total of 52 properties that year. 

This was done in about 5 weeks with a week or two of downtime due to weather.

This means that you are going to pay leasing fees more often and you’ll generally have more downtime since it usually takes longer to rent an apartment out than a full house in my experience. 

Solar plan on going with reputable enphase dealer & maxeon panels for least downtime & highest terminal value up possible sale.

There are people who have more downtime at their jobs, say they work 1600 hours so that's 1601+ hours they need to spend in RE for qualify for REPS.

Definitely a less stressful way to do it the way you're describing, but I would say that 0 down time is a pretty ordinary procedure / SOP, unless a unit is getting significant renovations.

The research you do in your downtime may have conflicting opinions on if it qualifies or not, but I would think most everyone would agree that the work you're doing specifically for your employer does not count.

Make sure you have comfortable living room furniture for guests to lounge in in their down time - these are typically hard working people looking for comfort and quiet when they're not working.

Hi @Jessica FrancoGreat to hear of your interest in property back home.From my experience (we own a company called KOURO here in South Africa) it really really depends on the strategy you hoping to focus on, the area, purchase price and what value you can add to that property - as discussed everywhere on BPWe do flips, multi-lets and now recently starting Developments.Our returns are really good and we give great returns to our hard money lenders of between 15-20%.We are quite happy and believe that the property market here, if bought right, will last through any down times.